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Recent Examples of minedToday, almost three quarters of the world's rare earth minerals, used in everything from smartphones to fighter jets, are mined in China, which processes 90% of the metals, according to Bank of America analysts.—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025 In a video released by the IDF, another four schools roughly two miles north of these were mined and destroyed, also in August.—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025 The company said taxpayers would benefit in future years from royalties on any coal mined.—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025 Few filmmakers have mined their own life as ruthlessly, or as artfully, as Noah Baumbach.—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 Nobody wants to live in a real-life Black Mirror episode where a synthetic body gets ads, subscription tiers, or even data mined.—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025 Amethysts and garnets have been found in seventh century jewellery and these stones were mined in Sri Lanka and India.—Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025 Few people have mined as much entertainment from the contrast between high stakes and low morals — from how the life-and-death concerns of a big heist or an elaborate conspiracy might ultimately just reinforce the sense that nothing matters, and nobody gets out alive.—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2025 All the diamonds were ethically sourced, meaning they were mined in a way that didn’t exploit workers or the environment.—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
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